Part of Series
After more than two decades, the TMNT encounter the noble rabbit samurai Miyamoto Usagi in the pages of a comic once again. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are teleported to a world of talking animals—the world of Usagi Yojimbo ! When the samurai rabbit embarks on a quest to save Japan and the deadly Jei blocks his path, a Turtle team-up may be the only chance for survival! These heroes have met before, but the samurai thinks something about the Turtles is different now, and that's bound to lead to some misunderstandings. Written and illustrated by Eisner Award-winning Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai, this expansive hardcover offers extra behind-the-scenes features, including an afterword by Stan, layouts, character designs, a pin-up, and a reprint of the very first crossover between Usagi Yojimbo and the TMNT.
Author
Stan Sakai (Japanese: 坂井 スタンSakai Sutan; born May 25, 1953) is an artist who became known as an Eisner Award-winning comic book originator. Born in Kyoto, Sakai grew up in Hawaii and studied fine arts at the University of Hawaii. He later attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He and his wife, Sharon, presently reside and work in Pasadena. He began his career by lettering comic books (notably Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier) and became famous with the production of Usagi Yojimbo, the epic saga of Miyamoto Usagi, a samurai rabbit living in late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth-century Japan. First published in 1984, the comic continues to this day, with Sakai as the lone author and nearly-sole artist (Tom Luth serves as the main colorist on the series, and Sergio Aragonés has made two small contributions to the series: the story "Broken Ritual" is based on an idea by Aragonés, and he served as a guest inker for the black and white version of the story "Return to Adachi Plain" that is featured in the Volume 11 trade paper-back edition of Usagi Yojimbo). He also made a futuristic spin-off series Space Usagi. His favorite movie is Satomi Hakkenden (1959).
